M.B. Guitars 63 Double Cut 3T Burst

'63 DOUBLE CUT — 3T BURST

Vintage soul. Modern mastery. 100% MB Guitars.

At MB Guitars, we live and breathe vintage perfection. Every instrument is a love letter to the golden era of guitar-making, hand-built in the UK by master luthier Mike Bowes and his small, dedicated team. Decades of research, obsession with detail, and a passion for authentic tone all come together in the '63 DOUBLE CUT — 3T BURST.

• Era-perfect body & finish
  Hand-shaped 2-piece alder body with deep, rounded ’60s contours and correct routing.
  Ultra-thin, paper-like nitrocellulose finish for maximum resonance and authentic aging.
• Neck built for true players
  Handmade plain maple neck with correct rounded edges and headstock contouring.
  Dark East Indian rosewood curved (veneer) fingerboard, 9.5" radius, Jescar 6125 fretwire.
  Comfortable .83C neck profile (.083–.093"), smooth and fast.
• Period-accurate details everywhere
  Aged clay dot markers with mid-’60s narrow 12th fret spacing.
  Vintage-style Gotoh tuners, 1963 serial neck plate, and ’60s butterfly string tree.
  Mint green pickguard with wide bevel, authentic shrinkage, and machining marks.
• Tone that transports you back
  Hand-wound pickups by Alan Dingwall to exact 1963 spec, exclusive for MB Guitars.
  Luxe “orange dime” repro capacitor, CTS 250k pots with tight 5% tolerance.
  CRL 5-way switch, Switchcraft jack, and cloth push-back wiring for classic clarity.
• Rock-solid premium hardware
  Callaham vintage tremolo bridge with shallow ball end recess for true ’60s feel.
  Hand-made unbleached bone nut for precise tone and sustain.
• Ready to play, ready to inspire
  Comes in a Gator vintage-style hard case.
  Includes signed MB spec card and MB guitar pick.
  Weight: only 7.6 lbs or 3,44kg - light, balanced, and resonant.

Why MB Guitars?

MB Guitars are not just instruments — they’re heirlooms. Built with obsessive attention to vintage-correct detail and designed to capture the feel, tone, and magic of the guitars that shaped music history.